As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd." Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast. Here, then, is this week’s edition of the
Etymology Word of the Week.
Relic - "a surviving memorial of something past; an object having interest by reason of its age.” From the Latin verb relinquere meaning “to leave behind, abandon, forsake” which itself comes from the Latin prefix re- meaning “back, again” and the Latin verb linquere meaning “to leave.” (All information is from
www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or
www.dictionary.com).
RELATED WORDS/PHRASES - relinquish, derelict (originally meant "deserted ship OR ship that was left behind at sea or the shore")
SAMPLE SENTENCE - "Many pilgrims used to travel to Europe to view the relics of early Christian martyrs."
FINISH THE PHRASE - We'll cross that bridge...
(scroll for answer)
Answer: ...when we come to it.